Past Daily Challenge
August 31, 2026
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Question 1 · noun
an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course
Answer: green
the ball rolled across the green and into the bunker
Original choices and explanations
- brown
- an orange of low brightness and saturation
- grey
- clothing that is a grey color
- white
- the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water
- green
- an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course
Question 2 · noun
a natural talent
Answer: flair
he has a flair for mathematics
Original choices and explanations
- flair
- a natural talent
- dynamism
- active strength of body or mind
- verve
- an energetic style
- charm
- something believed to bring good luck
Question 3 · verb
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
Answer: forsake
Sam cannot forsake Sue
Original choices and explanations
- renounce
- leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
- forsake
- leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
- forgo
- be earlier in time; go back further
- eschew
- avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
Question 4 · noun
visual impairment in which an object is seen as two objects
Answer: diplopia
diplopia often disappears when one eye is covered
Original choices and explanations
- papilledema
- swelling of the optic disc (where the optic nerve enters the eyeball); usually associated with an increase in intraocular pressure
- ophthalmoplegia
- paralysis of the motor nerves of the eye
- diplopia
- visual impairment in which an object is seen as two objects
- exotropia
- strabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outward
Question 5 · adjective
nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism
Answer: adaxial
the upper side of a leaf is known as the adaxial surface
Original choices and explanations
- tripinnate
- (of a leaf shape) thrice pinnate
- crenate
- having a margin with rounded scallops
- stalkless
- attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk
- adaxial
- nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism
Definitions and examples adapted from Princeton WordNet and the Open English WordNet team’s 2025 data. Lexifour rewrites clues and explanations and blanks example sentences; this archive preserves the game’s original wording and choice order. License and attribution notices; Open English WordNet development is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Reference: McCrae, Rademaker, Bond, Rudnicka, and Fellbaum (2019), English WordNet 2019 – An Open-Source WordNet for English.
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